Server requirements
IBM® Storage Defender Sentinel gives you the flexibility to choose your own server platform. You can deploy the IBM Storage Defender Sentinel anomaly scan software on a virtual machine (VM) or on a physical server that meets the minimum hardware and software requirements.
Initiators for Fibre Channel and iSCSI must be established between physical anomaly scan software server deployments and IBM storage such as IBM Storage FlashSystem 9100 and IBM Storage FlashSystem 5200. Fibre Channel is the preferred initiator option for physical anomaly scan software server deployments.
- IBM Storage Defender Sentinel anomaly scan software 2.3.1 and later patches
Note: Check Fix Central for the latest IBM Storage Defender Sentinel 2.3.1 interim fixes. For more information, see Download Information.
- IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management 2.3.1 and later interim fixes
- IBM Storage Systems that run on:
- IBM Storage Virtualize 8.7.0.x, 8.7.3.x (Legacy Safeguarded Copy)
- IBM Storage Virtualize for Snapshot 9.1.x (Latest Safeguarded Copy / Volume Group Snapshots)
IBM Storage Defender Sentinel server requirements
The requirements apply to the anomaly scan software server component of the IBM Storage Defender Sentinel offering only. Generally, you want to successfully install IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management before you deploy the anomaly scan software server. For more information on deployment of IBM Storage Defender Copy Data Management, see Installation and setup.
| Components | Use Cases | |||
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| Medium: Amount of front-end backup data to be indexed ≤ 15 TB | Large: Amount of front-end backup data to be indexed ≥ 15 TB | |||
| CPU (cores) | 20 | 32 | ||
| Memory | 192 GB | 384 GB | ||
| OS | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15.4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15.6 | |||
| Red Hat (RHEL) 9.4, Red Hat (RHEL) 9.6 | ||||
| SELinux | REQUIRED:
Note: On servers that are using SUSE operating system, if SELinux is enabled and enforcing, you must switch it to permissive mode before you install or upgrade the anomaly scan software. After the installation/upgrade has finished, switch SELinux back to enforcing / enabled mode.
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| Architecture | x86_64 REQUIRED | |||
| File system | XFS is preferred. EXT4 is also acceptable. | |||
| Host OS Partitioning Schema MINIMUM Requirements and Storage (Direct attached, local, or SAN) | / partition | 120 GB | ||
| /boot partition | 500 MB | |||
| /opt/ie partition | Your anomaly scan software support personnel can provide guidance on the size of this partition based on the details of your data. | |||
| *Swap | Memory | Swap | ||
| 192 GB | 384 GB Medium | |||
| 448 GB | 832 GB Large | |||
| Connectivity to Storage | To be determined at the time of sizing. | |||
Supported anomaly scanning server operating systems
IBM Storage Defender Sentinel supports the following anomaly scanning server operating systems:
- RHEL 9.4 is supported for Sentinel 1.1.9 and later.
- RHEL 9.6 is supported for Sentinel 1.1.11 and later.
- SLES 15.4 is supported for Sentinel 1.1.2 and later.
- SLES 15.6 is supported for Sentinel 1.1.10 and later.
- RHEL 8 is an unsupported operating system on the anomaly scanning server.